The Hearing: April 19, 2009 - April 25, 2009

Earlier this week, the Senate passed, by a vote of 92-4, a measure that would create an independent commission to hold hearings into the causes of our current economic crisis - and presumably to think hard about what to change...

The first time I visited Congress, I was amazed at how easily you can wander the halls. To enter the office buildings you have to pass through airport-style metal detectors and a bag scan, but no one asks your business...

Wharton professor David Zaring filed this guest blog post: At the hearing earlier this week before the Joint Economic Committee, nobody liked banks that were “too big to fail.” Thomas Hoenig decried the “financial megamergers” that led to the problem...

Yale University corporate law professor Jonathan Macey filed this guest blog post: Yesterday, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner made his first appearance before the Congressional Oversight Panel, which is one of the cadre of government-sponsored entities overseeing the massive bailout and...

Rep.Carolyn B. Maloney, chair of Joint Economic Committee, filed this guest blog post: Today’s Joint Economic Committee hearing provided a unique opportunity to hear more information about solutions to the “too big to fail” problem from a group of distinguished...

Here is Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's testimony before the Congressional Oversight Panel on the TARP. And here's the letter he wrote to chairman Elizabeth Warren, outlining the TARP status, saying there is now less than $110 billion left of the...

While the Joint Economic Committee hears from Joseph Stiglitz, Simon Johnson, and Thomas Hoenig, the man of the hour - Tim Geithner - will be meeting with the TARP Congressional Oversight Panel, chaired by Elizabeth Warren. The session begins at...

Congress is back this week and various committees are positioning themselves to have influence over the broader financial sector reform process that continues to take shape. First out of the block is the Joint Economic Committee, with a hearing tomorrow...